Sikh Temple of Wisconsin shooting: as it happened
By Emily Eggleston and Allan James Vestal / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- At least seven people were killed, including one shooter, just after 10 a.m. Sunday at the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, police said.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel coverage of the shooting is at jsonline.com. Follow @NewsHub on Twitter for continuing updates.
Follow the story as it unfolded through photos and Twitter updates from people at the scene and in the area. 
@Muxywithmoxie please clarify if you can. Sikh and Muslim are not the same. I have friends at the Islamic center. It's not in oak creek
@KHansen1724 @Muxywithmoxie It's at the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek.
Officer down! 7151:dispatch@cins.bz:OAK CREEK, WI(MILWAUKEE): A BOX ALARM ON LIFE SAFETY BOX #18-23 @7512 S (cont) tl.gd/imjnmj- Oak Creek, WI - I cannot believe another mass shooting. This time at the Sikh Temple. Live PD audio: ow.ly/cKrtv
Sikh Temple shooting story is here: ow.ly/cKrwl Check back frequently for updates- @WISN12News @DanODwtmj @620wtmj @fox6now Use #templeshooting hashtag for Sikh updates? Other suggestions welcome. Please pass this on.
#sikhtemple Head priest locked inside bathroom with cell phone as an estimated 20 to 30 victims in temple. Ambulances waiting- A person living near the Sikh Temple says he is hearing lots of sirens heading toward the shooting location. #templeshooting
- RT @ParkyPundit:CNN just reported area hospitals told to prepare for 8-20 vics. No word on severity. #templeshooting
Anxious family members waiting to hear from relatives pic.twitter.com/6FZmjqqs- #sikhtemple SWAT team preparing to go inside temple now. Children hostages in basement
- Reports now suggest as many as 20 to 30 people may have been shot at Sikh Temple in Oak Creek. ht.ly/cKtcN #templeshooting
- Brookfield police rushing to Sikh Temple in their city as a precaution after shootings at Oak Creek temple. #templeshooting
- More details staring to emerge of shootings at Sikh Temple in Oak Creek. SWAT team entered the building. ht.ly/cKu64...
- Reports vary on the number of gunman in Sikh shooting in Oak Creek. One report says one; a second report says multiple. #templeshooting
Scene from right across the street pic.twitter.com/NgIk9LCk- Police asking media to not broadcast any photo, video or tactical developments at temple. #templeshooting
RT @davidatkwqc: Photo of the scene of the #templeshooting at #Sikh temple in #OakCreek from Milwaukee's WTMJ 620 AM. twitpic.com/afvvry- RT @js_watchdog: Authorities: Police engaged shooter on scene. Officer shot multiple times. Shooter is down. #templeshooting
- Wounded Officer has been trans & expected to survive. Susp who was shot remains "down" at the scene. via Press Conference #templeshooting
I guess mass shootings of people who aren't white aren't important enough to interrupt the #olympics #templeshooting- Our latest update on Sikh temple shootings. SWAT team still sweeping Oak Creek temple. ht.ly/cKw08 #templeshooting
- 3 victims of #templeshooting being treated at Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa. All are adult males. All suffered gunshot wounds.
- RT @john_diedrich: FBI-led local Joint Terrorism Task Force on scene of #templeshooting; Oak Creek PD taking lead for now, but feds...
My heart hurts 4 my city &the fams. Very poignant photo just in: Line of ambulaces outside Sikh temple in #OakCreek. yfrog.com/kgffvigj”
One of the photos from where #templeshooting victims situated in Oak Creek, WI. #wiright pic.twitter.com/S1pvt29f
Another day, another killing spree in the #US. When will the madness end? #templeshooting- Latest in #templeshooting. 7 presumed dead, including gunman. Oak Creek officer being treated for wounds. Still fluid situation
A view from the air. The Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, WI. #templeshooting #TMJ4 pic.twitter.com/d3xNbfHi
PHOTO: A family member waits to hear information about his loved ones inside the Sikh Temple. #templeshooting pic.twitter.com/A8xPEb1Q
- Oak Creek officer who was shot is a 20-year veteran with expertise in tactical incidents. He exchanged gunfire with gunman. #templeshooting
Two Milw. CO. Transit buses show up to pick up hostages of #templeshooting at bowling alley #wiright pic.twitter.com/QlhEtBql- Good timeline of #templeshooting put together by Reddit ht.ly/cKyiD
PROFILE OF SIKH VICTIMS-ALL MALE, INCL TEMPLE PRES-SUGGESTS INTERNAL DISPUTE. usat.ly/MXzST9#.UB7EMrreaj0... @USATODAY
It's both interesting and disturbing that CNN keeps feeling the need to point out that Sikhs are not Muslims. #templeshooting- Perpetrator of the Oak Creek #templeshooting has not been identified, neither has motive. Comments and reporting should reflect this.
Fellow Tweeters report: "Witnesses speakin out- the first person dead was a 10 yr old kid" in Sikh Temple #TempleShooting- Gov. Walker statement talks of "struggle to comprehend the evil that begets this terrible violence." #templeshooting
- NYPD tells @wcbs880 that its stepping up patrols of Sikh temples in NYC area. #templeshooting
- White House official says president told of shooting shortly before 1 p.m. by John Brennan, his Homeland Security advisor. #templeshooting
"What did we do wrong? Was this a mad man? Did he hate us for our appearance?" asks bystander at #templeshooting
RT @Kbsingh7: RT @GormoJourno: Here's a picture of the crowd outside the #templeshooting from the Oak Creek Patch pic.twitter.com/ajNwnZoA
RT @UPI: Photo of #templeshooting scene from Mike De Sisti of Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal (@Newshub) pic.twitter.com/tkXvX4L8
Harrowing @newshub photo of a family member praying in a parking lot while waiting to hear info on #templeshooting: bit.ly/QumbdF
“@NewsHub: An interactive map of mass shootings in the U.S. can be found here: ht.ly/cKyVz #templeshooting”
@NewsHub points out today's killings mark 4th mass murder in Wisconsin since 2004: bit.ly/MdQULk
Seven people killed, including gunman, in shooting at Sikh temple, police say. on.cnn.com/OCm7oA- Praying for those loved ones lost & suffering. Hate solves nothing. #templeshooting xx
A woman awaits word on Shooting at the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Photograph: Jeffrey Phelps #templeshooting pic.twitter.com/PtmHWIct- Hotline set up for Sikh members seeking information about their family: (888) 298-1964. #templeshooting
Mass shooting at Sikh temple: At least seven dead and dozens injured after gunman… #MailOnline bit.ly/OCEz0s pic.twitter.com/nb02m88m
PHOTOS: Wisconsin shooting aftermath #templeshooting huff.to/OSJ21d
@NewsHub #templeshooting Oak Creek Police Chief: "treating this as domestic terrorism case"- Sikh Temple remains a crime scene, Oak Creek chief says. SWAT team still inside. #templeshooting
- Police provide phone number: (888) 298-1964 for family and friends of victims only, who need more information about the #TempleShooting
Press conference: Sikh #templeshooting - "everyone has been evacuated from the building"
Mayor: City of Oak Creek is outraged by the #templeshooting but grateful for heroic actions of officers- Sikh temple update: 7 dead, including gunman. Three injured, including Oak Creek officer, who is expected to survive. #templeshooting
- Oak Creek Police Chief John Edwards says there are "weapons on scene," but doesn't elaborate. #templeshooting
Authorities searching home in Cudahy. Neighbors say ATF, Milw Co Sheriff among them, several streets blocked off. #templeshooting- @AC360, aka Anderson Cooper, Tweets he is headed to Wisconsin for his show on Monday. #templeshooting
Sikh #templeshooting vigils in both Milwaukee and Madison jsonline.com/news/milwaukee... on @newshub- RT @mdesisti: FBI Evidence Response team on the scene in Cudahy with serious equipment. ow.ly/i/PhcP #templeshooting
RT @abc7newsBayArea: Police in Wisconsin say Sikh temple shooting suspect 'ambushed' an officer tending to a victim. bit.ly/OSkR30
No place is safe anymore if you can't even be at peace whilst doing your prayers :/ #templeshooting #sadtimes- Sikh Temple Chairman, says few suspicious men were seen on Temple premises yesterday. #TempleShooting
- Members of Muslim community are on their way to support victims of Sikh Temple Massacre. #TempleShooting
RT @AP: Police evacuate homes in Milwaukee suburb north of Sikh temple where gunman killed 6 before being shot dead: apne.ws/MXWHpw -RJJ
RT @js_photo: We're about 300 yds. from home in question related to #templeshooting. You need these to see anything. ow.ly/i/PhjA- RT @MiMiopoly: RT @NewsHub: Woman in Cudahy neighborhood where FBI is searching a duplex says residence had been vacant until recently. #templeshooting
- The Journal Sentinel has created a separate page pulling together all of the coverage from today's #templeshooting ht.ly/cKLR2
A peaceful vigil has organized at the Capitol in support of those affected by the Temple shooting in Oak Creek. pic.twitter.com/4kCP3Tmk
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